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sayable

/ˈseɪəbəl/

sayable adjective: capable of being pronounced or uttered; articulable.

Adjective

sayable (comparative more sayable, superlative most sayable)

  1. Capable of being pronounced or uttered; articulable.
    • Rimbaud is the enfant terrible who burns through the sayable; Oppen is the poet of the left whose quiet is a sign of commitment.2015, Ben Lerner, “Diary”, in London Review of Books, volume 38, number 12

Noun

sayable (plural sayables)

  1. That which can be said.
    • On the other hand, verbs indicate incomplete sayables – predicates – that are related to actions and undergoing of actions.2015, Ana María Mora-Marquez, The Thirteenth-Century Notion of Signification, page 113

Forms of sayable

Adjective
comparativemore sayable
superlativemost sayable
Noun
pluralsayables

Origin of sayable

From say + -able.

Words formed from sayable

Questions about sayable

What does sayable mean?
Sayable means capable of being pronounced or uttered; articulable.
What part of speech is sayable?
Sayable can be an adjective or a noun.
How do you pronounce sayable?
Sayable is pronounced /ˈseɪəbəl/.

Words near sayable in the dictionary

  1. Say-Meyer syndrome
  2. say-so
  3. say-sos
  4. saya
  5. sayability
  6. sayable
  7. sayableness
  8. sayables
  9. Sayako
  10. Sayan
  11. sayang

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